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Turkey calls on EU to lift Syria sanctions

Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (second right) during a meeting with Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on March 13, 2025. [AFP]

Turkey on Sunday called on the European Union to unconditionally lift sanctions on Syria, ahead of an international aid conference in Brussels to which the war-torn country's new authorities have been invited.

Ankara, allied with Syria's new rulers who ousted president Bashar al-Assad and took power in December, views such a step as necessary for a "peaceful transition" in the country, Turkey's foreign ministry said in a statement.

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